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He was like my old man with that angry, in-your-face rhetoric.

He continues that "the gays I know are not the flamboyant shove-it-in-your face type of people."

There were also Juicy Couture-style tracksuits in a spectrum of pinks, as well as in-your-face silver leggings.

Well, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says what he thinks and is forceful, in-your-face, and up front with folks.

Greaves and a handful of friends founded it in January as a vehicle for a cheeky, in-your-face brand of political theater.

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What's the meaning of the phrase 'In your face'?

In a bold confrontational manner.

What's the origin of the phrase 'In your face'?

The expression ‘in your face’ originated in the US in the 1970s. Many of the earliest citations relate to confrontations in sport, especially initially in basketball. The earliest use of the term in print that I can find is from Jackson and Rosen’s exploration of the US basketball scene Maverick: More Than a Game , 1975:

If the ball went in, they’d say, ‘In your face, mother.’ It’s just a display of raw ego power – one man forcing another to submit.

More recently the phrase has often been used to describe the nose-to-nose pre-fight confrontations between boxers.

‘In your face’ is a recent addition to a largish collection of phrases and sayings that we use about faces:

Face the music About face Lose face/save face Cut off your nose to spite your face The face that launched a thousand ships Talk to the hand, cause the face ain’t listening

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in your face

• a bold, defiant or aggressive manner
• aggressive or confrontational
• direct and forceful
• shocking or annoying in a manner difficult to ignore
• provocative

Example Sentences

• Unable to tolerate Jack’s in your face attitude anymore, his boss fired him from the job.
• That was a very  in your face advertisement they showed last night on TV which made some very bold statements.
• Mark is just an  in your face sort of a person and sometimes talks rough. He really means no harm.
• “ In your faces , kids” shouted the footballer to his opponents after having scored his third goal of the match.
• It was going to be a high profile fight by the two boxers and was marked by  in your face comments from either side before it began.
• No one liked him because he was always  in your face and seemed to be at war with the world.
• Her performance yesterday at the dance show was very aggressive and  in your face . Not many would have liked it.
• His defiant and  in your face nature was a result of his difficult childhood.

Origin The phrase originated in the USA around the 1970s and most of the early uses related to confrontation in sports. The phrase became popular outside of sports around the 1980s.

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In Your Face Meaning

Definition: Look at how successful I am and how unsuccessful you are!

People use this expression to gloat about an accomplishment at the expense of another party. It usually is confrontational and aggressive, but one could also say it in a joking manner.

Origin of In Your Face!

This expression first appeared in the latter half of the 1900s. It may have originated around the 1970s in the sport of basketball, in which players would sometimes invade the personal space of players on the opposing team and shout in your face .

Many people still use this expression to show dominance in a sport. However, one could also use it in other situations. For example, if one person had taunted another that he or she wouldn’t succeed at a test, and the taunted person did succeed, then the taunted person could use this expression. In this case it would mean Ha! I did it even though you said I couldn’t .

Examples of In Your Face!

Daughter: I finally got a letter back from that university that I really hope accepts me.

Mother: Well, don’t get your hopes up, dear. That is a very prestigious university, and you didn’t study as much as you should have. Open the letter and get it over with. Try not to be too disappointed.

Daughter: Oh! They accepted me! I did it! In your face, Mom!

Mother: Humph.

Dave: Stan told me that you were going to be fired during that meeting with your boss. Were you fired?

Ben: Nope! In fact, I got a raise! In your face, Stan!

Dave: Stan went home for the day. He can’t hear you.

Ben: Oh, then I’ll tell him tomorrow.

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• You have sports franchises with logos depicting the same humans in an offensive, disrespecting cartoonish way in our present time and no one seems to care. We have in-your-face racism on a daily basis, homelessness, hunger, etc. The list goes on and on. – New York Daily News

This article is about a politician’s wife who is very public about which brands she likes.

• But her in-your-face hashtags were in keeping with a consumer culture that has grown increasingly assertive in declaring corporate allegiances. – LA Times

People use this phrase to mock someone who lost, or someone who doubted them and was wrong.

• In your face means Ha! I did it. I was right and you were wrong!

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Pronunciation

in your face ( comparative more in your face , superlative most in your face )

• Alternative form of in-your-face

Interjection

in your face !

• ( idiomatic ) A derisive and contemptuous exclamation of triumph over one's interlocutor. I got picked for the cheerleading squad, and YOU didn't. In your face !

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• in someone's face

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"In your face" is an idiomatic expression that is associated with urban slang and meant to convey macho aggression and bravado. It is frequently used in sports such as boxing or basketball to taunt an opponent after taking the more dominant position in a match or game. This type of bluntly spoken slang phrase is also characterized as bold and defiant when the speaker wants to initiate or sometimes gain the upper hand in a confrontation. The speaker may use it to demonstrate his or her superiority in a given situation.

Depending on the geographic region and its common dialect, "in your face" can frequently be pronounced as "in yo face" as an alternative. The origin of this kind of aggressive idiom can be traced to the United States of the mid-1970s, when it was first quoted in a basketball novel called A Mile Above the Rim. "In your face" has since become commonplace during nose to nose stand-offs between boxers just before they begin a timed round as the sport's rules dictate.

This type of idiom can also be found outside sports and is often a phrase of choice in areas of popular culture. "In your face" has been selected as a title for rock or rap songs and albums; it can also be found in the fashion world as the name of a clothing line or as a T-shirt slogan. Due to the successful integration of this idiom into pop culture, its exact meaning can depend on the context of a given situation.

The expression is also used as an adjective that means "direct" or sometimes "unpretentious." It can be used to describe visual artwork, films, speech patterns, and even how someone may perform his or her job. In the last example, "in your face" can be used to describe tough or no-nonsense tactics.

While "in your face" can be construed as trash talk in some cases, it can also be spoken as a way of expressing confidence. It can be a means of assertiveness that sometimes discourages rather than provokes a confrontation. The expression is sometimes spoken in order to underline a recent achievement, particularly when the speaker is initially viewed as inferior or is underestimated. While confrontations are usually not desired and can be sometimes be culturally inappropriate, the bold attitude that accompanies this idiom is more highly regarded in cultures that value individualism.

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in/on my face

• Thread starter blasita
• Start date May 27, 2011

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• May 27, 2011

Hello everyone. My question is about ´in´ vs ´on´: ´in/on somebody´s face´ (not about the idiomatic expressions). I don´t think it´s a question of meaning (´en/a la cara´), but there must a difference. I´d like to know when to use one or the other, please. Just some examples: Mud and debris fell on/in my face , splashing all around me. I opened the window and the light fell in/on my face . Hice una pregunta en un hilo (que no era sobre esto pero salió este tema) acerca de ´splattered/splashed on my face´ vs ´ in my face´, y un amable forero me dio unos ejemplos, pero no conseguimos encontrar una razón para la elección de una u otra preposición. Gracias. Thank you very much. Saludos.  

Hi In both your examples, I would use 'on my face'.  

Masood said: Hi In both your examples, I would use 'on my face'. Click to expand...

Si hablamos de algo sobre la piel de la cara, granos, manchas,moratones "on" es mejor. Un golpe en la cara " in". He threw a book and it hit me " in" the face. To look someone " in " the face. He looked me in the face and told me I was a liar. To say something "to" someone's face. He told me to my face I was a liar.  

Lavernock said: Si hablamos de algo sobre la piel de la cara, granos, manchas,moratones "on" es mejor. Un golpe en la cara " in". He threw a book and it hit me " in" the face. To look someone " in " the face. He looked me in the face and told me I was a liar. To say something "to" someone's face. He told me to my face I was a liar. Click to expand...

In expresses more the idea of movement e.g. he threw a book in my face, her hair fell in her face, he looked me in the face. To these you can ask the question how? because the emphasis is on the action. On expresses more the idea of position e.g. the light fell on her face, he punched her on the nose, the mud splashed on her face, he put a book on her face. To those you can ask the question where? because the emphasis is on the place . So to me, you could say both in or on in your examples depending on whether you were emphasising the movement or the position, though as Masood says the more likely is on.  

This is driving me crazy! I can't figure out a logic to this! Picture this: You are climbing a mountain and the person in front of you kicks some dirt loose. The dirt falls on your head and in your face. If you were lying on the ground the dirt would fall either in or on your face (in my opinion). Somebody can throw a pie in your face (but not on your face). A person can be shot in the face, but not on the face. Somebody spit in my face once. You put sun tan lotion on your face so you don't burn.  

Lis48 said: In expresses more the idea of movement e.g. he threw a book in my face, her hair fell in her face, he looked me in the face. To these you can ask the question how? because the emphasis is on the action. On expresses more the idea of position e.g. the light fell on her face, he punched her on the nose, the mud splashed on her face, he put a book on her face. To those you can ask the question where? because the emphasis is on the place . So to me, you could say both in or on in your examples depending on whether you were emphasising the movement or the position, though as Masood says the more likely is on. Click to expand...

Recién estoy rindiendo el nivel 1 de ingles, así que si quieren aporrearme por decir una barbaridad háganlo... pero volviendo al meaning of basico de IN y ON... in es dentro de algo y ON sobre la superficie de algo. Por otro lado, la cara si bien es una superficie primero que no hay un adentro de la cara que no este en la superficie de la misma, por el otro lado si tomamos el ejemplo de nose, si hay definido un IN the nose, y es evidente que no se puede pegar dentro de la nariz, por lo tanto es ON. Respecto de la cara como dije es una superficie limitada abstractamente... como por ejemplo a park, y normalmente se dice IN the park y no ON the park. Pero si se quiere decir que algo esta en la cara pero no dentro sino haciendo referencia a la superficie es lógico usar el ON. De todas formas en su momento esta reglita no me soluciono lo que alguien escribió sobre el IN/ON respecto de vehiculos, no recuerdo donde lo leí, pero decía que para indicar que alguien esta dentro del auto se usa el IN pero para indicar que alguien esta dentro del tren o del autobus se usa ON.  

Bueno, entonces si se analiza bien el tema de la nariz, quizás sea por que la nariz ademas de tener un adentro tiene una superficie no estrictamente definida, igual que la cara. Es decir que si la superficie no esta estrictamente definida se puede usar IN, mientras que si la superficie esta estrictamente definida como por ejemplo un techo, una pared, el piso, etc... se usa ON. Es decir... generalmente se usa IN y no ON, pero llegado el caso puede que IN/ON sean indistintos como por ejemplo The nose is IN/ON the face.  

Querida blasita, I find this extremely interesting and I love thinking and sharing ideas about language and its translations, etc. As you can see, even the native speakers don't always agree on how to say things and particularly on the use of these troublesome prepositions! They seem to always be one of the hardest things to master when learning a foreign language. All the general rules of usage eventually break down and things just have to be learned/accepted/memorized as expressions. P.S. I burst out laughing when I read your note!  

kayokid said: Querida blasita, I find this extremely interesting and I love thinking and sharing ideas about language and its translations, etc. As you can see, even the native speakers don't always agree on how to say things and particularly on the use of these troublesome prepositions! They seem to always be one of the hardest things to master when learning a foreign language. All the general rules of usage eventually break down and things just have to be learned/accepted/memorized as expressions. P.S. I burst out laughing when I read your note! Click to expand...

blasita, Getting back to one of the earlier sentences... I don't want to complicate the issue even further, but I think another very good possibility is to use "upon" in the following sentence: He opened the curtains and light fell upon his face. (This does seem to be a bit more poetic/formal, however.)  

blasita said: Thanks, Masood. So, is ´in´ impossible/not idiomatic there? When would you use ´in my face´ then? Un saludo. Click to expand...

I really appreciate it, Masood, but I still can´t see it clear. What about e.g. ´splashed mud/water in my face´/´rain splashed in my face´? I understand you would never say ´ in my face´? Lo siento, soy una pesada.  

blasita said: I really appreciate it, Masood, but I still can´t see it clear. What about e.g. ´splashed mud/water in my face´/´rain splashed in my face´? I understand you would never say ´ in my face´? Lo siento, soy una pesada. Click to expand...

• May 28, 2011

duvija said: People, people! Still trying to find rules for prepositions? Ha, ha, ha... Blasita, learn the collocations. It's much easier. And never ask 'why' when trying to figure out the meaning of a preposition, and even worse, its translation... Click to expand...

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But "in" tends to have more of a meaning of "into" or "within." "On" is on the surface. But the prepositions are different in BrE and AmE, as has been said. Here you punch someone in the nose.  

perhaps in this case, the motion is of the fist?  

I say we make a new word "oin" that is used for both...  

k-in-sc said: The non-natives can use it. We natives already know which one to use when Click to expand...

Blasita, learn the collocations. It's much easier. And never ask 'why' when trying to figure out the meaning of a preposition, and even worse, its translation... Click to expand...

I say we make a new word "oin" that is used for both... Click to expand...

The non-natives can use it. We natives already know which one to use when Click to expand...

blasita said: Muchas gracias, Lavernock. Parece que en estos casos sería cuestión de ´collocations´; yo no le puedo encontrar una razón gramatical. Es que yo he visto que se usan ambas preposiciones muchas veces en contextos iguales/similares; p.ej. "He splashed some water in/on my face." Tampoco veo que haya una posible o clara asociación con las preposiciones ´a´ y ´en´. Y estoy en mi lucha por encontrar una razón para usar ´in´ y ´on´ aquí como es debido. Saludos. Click to expand...

Lavernock said: El uso de las preposiciones en inglés es un poco anárquico, y de los "phrasal verbs" ni hablemos. No les tengo nada de envidia a los pobres estudiantes que pretenden aprenderlas bien. Un saludo Click to expand...

k-in-sc said: But "in" tends to have more of a meaning of "into" or "within." "On" is on the surface. But the prepositions are different in BrE and AmE, as has been said. Here you punch someone in the nose. Click to expand...

I would personally never say "He splashed water in my face", because to splash water is often an involuntary action or if voluntary then benign. For example I fainted and someone splashes water on my face to revive me. But he threw water in (or into) my face. An agression. Saludos  

Agree with Lavernock that the main difference between "splashed water in my face" and "splashed water on my face" is intent. "In" implies aggression or at least being taken by surprise. "On" implies that you did it on purpose, like to wake yourself up.  

k-in-sc said: Agree with Lavernock that the main difference between "splashed water in my face" and "splashed water on my face" is intent. "In" implies aggression or at least being taken by surprise. "On" implies that you did it on purpose, like to wake yourself up. Click to expand...

duvija said: So, if a child at the beach, when you're tiptoeing to slowly enter the frigid waters, splashes around with no intent to harm you, and without even thinking of the result, (remember, you are IN the water by your own volition, up to your, let's say 'knees', so the surprise part is kinda irrelevant) splashes your face, would you more likely use 'in' than 'on'? Click to expand...

EDIT : If I made water the subject of the clause, I would definitely say, "...some water got on my face," not, "some water got in my face ." Interesting! any idea of why? or it should be another thread?  

• May 29, 2011

I would say "That kid splashed water in my face," because splashing water *on* your or somebody else's face is usually intentional. But obviously there's leeway here. The fact that "in your face" is an expression that means "aggressive(ly), provocative(ly), over the top" also enters into it.  

blasita said: Thanks everybody again. OK, so just an easy one: When I got home this afternoon, I splashed cold water on my face. ´On´ is fine, but ´in´ may also be possible (intentional, idea of movement), isn´t it? Click to expand...

Lavernock said: On is much better. Click to expand...

Por lo que pude entender yo hasta el momento, en esa frase en particular realmente es lo mismo, pues poner el énfasis en el echo de que te echaste agua (ON), o poner el énfasis en el hecho de que lo hiciste en tu cara (IN) no reporta mucha diferencia. El énfasis dependerá del contexto... si por alguna razon no tenias que mojarte ninguna parte del cuerpo pero lo tuviste que hacer y para colmo fue en la cara a mi entender correspondería mejor el IN, pero para algo que pasa sin cuidado el ON.  

"I splashed cold water in my face": by accident, unintentionally.  

k-in-sc said: "I splashed cold water in my face": by accident, unintentionally. Click to expand...

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A woman’s PCP could be an internal medicine doctor, a nurse practitioner or an OBGYN, but if it’s the latter, she’s entitled to expect more than just a pelvic exam at her visits, Rosen says. “Get a doctor you trust who knows that all your body parts are connected.”

Given the current shortage of primary care doctors, it can feel daunting to find one you trust after leaving your pediatrician, says Yul Ejnes , an internal medicine physician based in Cranston, Rhode Island. “Making that transition can be challenging,” he says, but he recommends starting by asking friends and family for recommendations. Then, expect to spend some of that first visit providing a family and personal history, sharing any current health concerns, and sharing information about your hobbies and habits.

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If you don’t already have a dentist and eye doctor, this is also the time to find a dentist for regular check-ups and cleanings and to get a baseline eye health assessment.

Establish healthy habits

Two of the biggest healthy habits to focus on are nutrition and physical activity.

Healthy eating habits include consuming plenty of fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins in your daily diet and minimizing how much highly processed food you eat.

( How ultra-processed food harms the body and brain )

Physical activity recommendations for adults include at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week, plus resistance training or some other muscle-strengthening activity twice a week.

“There’s cardiovascular health activity, and then there’s bone and joint health activity, and you want to do both—they’re not interchangeable,” Rosen says. A half hour each weekday gets you to 150 minutes, but you don’t have to start out there if you do very little. Some activity is better than none .

Next, be sure you’re getting enough sleep.

“Twenty-somethings have a tendency to think that they don’t need sleep at all,” Rosen says, but that’s not the case. Healthy sleep habits in your 20s become lifetime habits, and inadequate or poor-quality sleep is a “quiet, unspoken cardiovascular risk,” she says.

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Finally, don’t forget about skincare, including sun protection to reduce risk of skin cancer . Everyone should apply a sunscreen of at least SPF 30 any time they will have direct sunlight exposure, including in a car, on public transit or in an office with direct sunlight coming through windows, says Michael Cameron , a dermatologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Protecting yourself against the sun’s UV rays also slows aging of your skin. You can further offset sun damage to the skin by applying an over-the-counter retinol (vitamin A) cream each evening after using a gentle cleanser, and a vitamin C serum each morning.

Family histories and cancer risk

Much of your future health risks will depend on what genetic variations are written in your DNA and this is the time to figure that out.

“Putting together your family history with regard to whether your risk for different conditions is high, low or medium is really important in your 20s,” especially while your parents, and possibly your grandparents or even great-grandparents, are still living, Rosen says.

A wide range of cancers—melanoma, colorectal, breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and much more—run in families. This decade is your best chance to learn about your risk for those as well as diabetes, heart disease, mental illness and Alzheimer’s. The CDC and the National Library of Medicine have guides on collecting a thorough family medical history.  

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Based on what you learn about your family history, you may want to meet with a genetic counselor to discuss whether you should be tested for genetic variants that can increase risk of certain cancers. Even if you don’t opt for genetic testing, your 20s is also when to begin understanding your risk of breast cancer. It’s the most common cancer in women besides skin cancer, but risk varies widely depending on genetics, lifestyle, and other exposures.

Sexual and reproductive health

If you only regularly see one doctor in your 20s, it should be an OBGYN, because many health issues that arise decades later stem from sexual and reproductive health.

“Even if it’s happening with your reproductive organs, it can have an impact on your heart and brain health in the future,” Rosen says.

Irregular menstrual periods, for example, may necessitate screening for polycystic ovary disease, which predicts a higher risk of earlier heart disease, Rosen says. Getting your first period early or late and your use of hormonal contraceptives can affect future cardiovascular risk too. Further, anything that happens during pregnancy, whether it’s gestational diabetes, hypertension, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy loss, or early term deliveries, is linked to later heart disease risk.

Cervical cancer screenings begin in your 20s, starting with a Pap smear, or cervical cytology , every three years. But exams in those other years are also an opportunity for: pelvic exams; mental health screenings; contraception counseling; discussions on family planning and breast cancer risk;   possible physical breast exams; and screenings for sexually transmitted infections.

Testing for STIs “should be individualized based on risk factors and how many sexual partners a person is having unprotected sex with,” says Sarah Pachtman , an OBGYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at North Shore University Hospital and HealthyMamaDoc on Instagram. Annual STI screening is wise, but more frequent screening may make sense for some people.

If you don’t want to become pregnant, discuss your contraceptive options with your doctor, Pachtman says. The more effective it is and the easier it is to use, the more likely you are to use it regularly and correctly.

“Contraception only works if you use it the right way every single time,” she says. The most effective is long-acting contraception, such as IUDs, and Pachtman recommends women ask for pain control during IUD insertion. “Every pregnancy is dangerous to some extent, and taking birth control is safe.”

If you do want to become pregnant, see your OBGYN before to discuss how to optimize your health before pregnancy, Pachtman says.

“A healthy lifestyle program before pregnancy is how you can best an achieve a healthy pregnancy,” she says. “Everyone has something they could do better.” It’s also important to begin taking prenatal vitamins, or at least a folic acid supplement, long before you start trying to conceive. “You need to have proper folic acid levels in your bloodstream before you miss a period for it to help prevent neural tube defects,” Pachtman says.

If you have an unplanned pregnancy you intend to keep, your first visit should be at eight to 10 weeks of pregnancy for fetal screening. Also be sure you get the recommended vaccines during pregnancy, which include flu and COVID vaccines and Tdap—a pertussis vaccine to prevent whooping cough in your newborn—as well as the new RSV vaccine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus in your baby.

Your OBGYN or other primary care provider should also be asking about your mental health and stress levels. Although various societies have different depression and anxiety screening recommendations, Pachtman doesn’t think they’re sufficient. She asks patients about depression and anxiety symptoms, risk of intimate partner violence, and substance use at every visit.

General wellness and vaccinations

Finally, there’s everything else, much of which relates to your general metabolic and heart health.

“All of the things we do to optimize heart health also work for brain health, and it all starts in your teens and 20s,” Rosen says.

That means looking after your mental health, managing stress, and seeking care for depression or anxiety symptoms. It also means prioritizing oral health . Many people don’t realize that periodontal disease can increase cardiovascular risk , but twice annual dental cleanings are also an opportunity for brief cancer screenings. About 75 percent of neck and neck cancers start in the mouth, but it only takes a few minutes for a dentist to look for any suspicious lesions.

Blood pressure should be checked every two years unless it’s not normal— below 120/80 mmHg —in which case it’s checked every year. Women’s cholesterol , or lipids, should be checked at age 20 and then every five years, but if it’s not normal or there’s a family history of high cholesterol, screening should be individualized.

Although screening for diabetes is typically recommended to start in the 30s, earlier screening is a good idea for those with risk factors: having obesity, a family history of diabetes, or being Latina, Native American or Pacific Islander, since those ethnicities have a greater risk.

“Even if it’s not guidelines-based, I would not wait until somebody’s 35 if they’re in a high-risk ethnic group,” Rosen says.

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine prevents infections with the virus that causes five types of cancer in women—cervical, oral, vaginal, vulvar, and anal cancers—and is recommended for everyone through age 26, but you can get it after 26 as well.  

If you did not receive all the childhood vaccines recommended by the CDC, your 20s is a chance to get caught up , including the hepatitis B vaccine and the annual flu and COVID vaccines.

“Flu still causes severe disease even in young people,” Erica Johnson , an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins medicine, says, but that’s not the only reason to get the annual flu shot. “Part of the benefit of getting the flu vaccine each year is helping to build immunity to influenza changing over time” since the virus regularly evolves from year to year.

The most common reason gastroenterologists see women in their 20s is irritable bowel syndrome, Rajeev Jain , a gastroenterologist at Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, says. Rectal bleeding or blood in the stool, or changes in bowel habits, such as chronic diarrhea or constipation or changes to the shape of stools, mean you should see a doctor, Jain says. “Just as women should feel comfortable talking about gynecologic issues, they should be comfortable talking about bowel and gut issues with their doctor,” he says.  

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Cleveland man arrested for shooting Chipotle worker in face with pellet gun: Shaker Heights police blotter

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After a Strathavon Road man reported his car stolen, it was learned that the vehicle had been involved in a crash in Bedford. A Cleveland man was subsequently arrested for receiving stolen property. file photo

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Assault: Warrensville Center Road

At 6:50 p.m. June 10, police responded to a report from Chipotle restaurant, 3530 Warrensville Center Road, of an employee being hit in the face by a pellet bullet from an airsoft gun shot from a Honda vehicle.

Officers located the vehicle and arrested for assault its owner, a Cleveland man, 20.

Receiving stolen property: Chagrin Boulevard

At 8:05 p.m. June 7, officers observed a Jeep vehicle that had been reported stolen from the city of Cleveland operating in the area of Chagrin Boulevard and Hildana Road.

Officers stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, a Cleveland woman, 31, for receiving stolen property.

Property damage: Scottsdale Boulevard

At 2:40 a.m. June 8, officers were dispatched to the 18000 block of Scottsdale Boulevard to investigate a disturbance.

The owner of the residence, a woman, 43, reported that she had been involved in an argument with her boyfriend, a 41-year-old Shaker Heights man, that resulted in the upset man breaking a window before leaving.

The damage to the window was estimated at $100.

Violation of protection order: Warrensville Center Road

At 10:15 p.m. June 8, officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Warrensville Center Road to investigate a complaint of domestic violence. A 33-year-old Shaker woman reported that her live-in boyfriend, 35, whom she had a protection order against, returned to the residence, but left prior to officers’ arrival.

No injuries were reported.

OVI: Scottsdale Boulevard

At 12:25 a.m. June 9, officers were dispatched to the area of Scottsdale Boulevard and Tolland Road on a report of a single-car crash in which a Toyota vehicle struck a parked car.

The driver, a Tennessee woman, 26, reported losing control of her vehicle while being involved in an argument with a family member.

Officers smelled alcohol and observed that the woman showed signs of intoxication. The woman failed field sobriety testing and was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence. She submitted a breath alcohol sample of .187, above the state minimum for drunk driving of .08.

She was additionally charged with having a prohibited BAC.

OVI: Shaker Boulevard

At 4 a.m. June 9, police responded to a report of a man who appeared to be asleep behind the steering wheel of a stopped, but operating car in the area of Shaker Boulevard and Green Road.

The driver, a Shaker Heights man, 39, smelled of alcohol and appeared to be exhibiting several cues of impairment. Officers administered, and the man did not pass, field tests.

Police arrested the man for OVI. He submitted a breath alcohol sample of .125.

OVI: Fairhill Road

At 11:50 p.m. June 9, police investigated a single-car crash at Fairhill and Coventry roads. The car, an Acura, struck a utility pole.

Officers called EMS to the scene. The driver, a Bedford Heights woman, 40, was found to be intoxicated.

She was arrested for OVI. Her blood-alcohol content was .083.

Domestic dispute: South Woodland Road

At 12:40 p.m. June 10, officers were dispatched to the 23000 block of South Woodland Road on a report of a domestic dispute.

Officers learned that a 49-year-old Shaker Heights woman was involved in an argument with her 15-year-old daughter during which the woman locked her daughter out of the house and refused to allow her to re-enter.

Domestic violence: South Woodland Road

At 7:10 p.m. June 10, officers were dispatched to the 17000 block of South Woodland Road to investigate a domestic disturbance.

Officers met a 47-year-old Shaker Heights man in the driveway who was visibly hurt and bleeding from the face. The man told police that his 44-year-old wife had hit him multiple times in the face.

Officers arrested the woman for domestic violence. The man declined medical attention.

Theft from auto: Fairhill Road

At 3:40 p.m. June 11, officers were dispatched to the 12000 block of Fairhill Road to investigate a theft. A 46-year-old man reported that someone had entered his unlocked vehicle and stole his work bag.

The stolen property was valued at $90.

At 12:10 a.m. June 13, officers were on patrol near the intersection of Chelton Road and Scottsdale Boulevard when they observed a man who appeared to be asleep behind the wheel of a Cadillac.

Upon approaching the vehicle, officers smelled alcohol and saw a half-empty beer bottle between the driver’s legs.

The man, 57, of Garfield Heights, failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for OVI and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. He submitted a breath alcohol sample of .069.

Receiving stolen property: Strathavon Road

At 8:25 a.m. June 13, a man, 30, reported that his unlocked Honda vehicle had been stolen from his driveway in the 3000 block of Strathavon Road.

The vehicle was later found to have been involved in a crash in Bedford. A 23-year-old Cleveland man was arrested for receiving stolen property.

Theft: Van Aken Boulevard

At 6:45 p.m. June 13, officers were dispatched to the 19000 block of Van Aken Boulevard to investigate a theft report.

A 62-year-old Shaker Heights woman reported that a package had been stolen from outside her home. The stolen property was valued at $55.50.

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Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.

The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.

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Kashmir Hill covers privacy and technology, and has written a book about facial recognition technology and Clearview AI.

A facial recognition start-up, accused of invasion of privacy in a class-action lawsuit, has agreed to a settlement, with a twist: Rather than cash payments, it would give a 23 percent stake in the company to Americans whose faces are in its database.

Clearview AI, which is based in New York, scraped billions of photos from the web and social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to build a facial recognition app used by thousands of police departments, the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. After The New York Times revealed the company’s existence in 2020, lawsuits were filed across the country. They were consolidated in federal court in Chicago as a class action.

The litigation has proved costly for Clearview AI, which would most likely go bankrupt before the case made it to trial, according to court documents. The company and those who sued it were “trapped together on a sinking ship,” lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote in a court filing proposing the settlement.

“These realities led the sides to seek a creative solution by obtaining for the class a percentage of the value Clearview could achieve in the future,” added the lawyers, from Loevy + Loevy in Chicago.

Anyone in the United States who has a photo of himself or herself posted publicly online — so almost everybody — could be considered a member of the class. The settlement would collectively give the members a 23 percent stake in Clearview AI, which is valued at $225 million, according to court filings. (Twenty-three percent of the company’s current value would be about $52 million.)

If the company goes public or is acquired, those who had submitted a claim form would get a cut of the proceeds. Alternatively, the class could sell its stake. Or the class could opt, after two years, to collect 17 percent of Clearview’s revenue, which it would be required to set aside.

The plaintiffs’ lawyers would also be paid from the eventual sale or cash-out; they said they would ask for no more than 39 percent of the amount received by the class. (Thirty-nine percent of $52 million would be about $20 million.)

“Clearview AI is pleased to have reached an agreement in this class-action settlement,” said the company’s lawyer, Jim Thompson, a partner at Lynch Thompson in Chicago.

The settlement still needs to be approved by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Notice of the settlement would be posted in online ads and on Facebook, Instagram, X, Tumblr, Flickr and other sites from which Clearview scraped photos.

While it seems like an unusual legal remedy, there have been comparable situations, said Samuel Issacharoff, a New York University law professor. The 1998 settlement between tobacco companies and state attorneys general required the companies to pay billions of dollars over decades into a fund for health care costs.

“That was being paid out of their future revenue streams,” Mr. Issacharoff said. “States became beneficial owners of the companies moving forward.”

Jay Edelson, a class-action lawyer, is a proponent of “future stakes settlement” in cases involving start-ups with limited funds. Mr. Edelson has also sued Clearview AI, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union, in a state lawsuit in Illinois that was settled in 2022 , with Clearview agreeing not to sell its database of 40 billion photos to businesses or individuals.

Mr. Edelson, though, said there was an “ick factor” to this proposed settlement.

“Now you have people who are injured by Clearview trampling on their privacy rights becoming financially interested in Clearview finding new ways to trample them,” he said.

Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a privacy advocacy organization, was also critical.

“If mass surveillance is harmful, the remedy should be stopping them from doing that, not paying pennies to the people who are harmed,” Ms. Greer said.

Kashmir Hill writes about technology and how it is changing people’s everyday lives with a particular focus on privacy. She has been covering technology for more than a decade. More about Kashmir Hill

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Meet Your Neighbor: Charles Marlow of Lexington says he lets his faith guide his life

'i’m the hype man. i make sure everybody’s got a smile on their face'.

LEXINGTON ― Valentine’s Day is in the rearview mirror, but a 42-year-old is still celebrating 24 years of love and marriage.

Meet Your Neighbor, Charles Marlow, training coordinator with Charter Next Generation.

Marlow and his wife, Anna, were married when they both were 18 and have known each other since they were 12. They are blessed with three children ― Keandre, Zavier and Laila ― ranging in age from 18 to 23. They have one grandchild, Lilliana.

“Twenty-four years of marriage and I’m only 42,” Marlow mused. “I’m like, ‘boy those numbers don’t add up,’ but we’re there."

Their children were present at their first vow renewal at 10 years.

“We were able to have my kids my best men, my sons, and my daughter was the flower girl,” Marlow said. “It was a blessing to bring them into that. They’re my world.”

Before his role with Charter Next Generation, Marlow was in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he grew up. He was an assistant manager with a company where there was a mass termination of 1,700 managers, including Marlow.

“I’m a firm believer that God closes one door and opens another,” he said.

Richland County has been home for 22 years.

"All I do is work and go home,” he said. “I’m living with my best friend.”

Marlow might be mistaken for a preacher with his devout faith and deep baritone voice.

"Ten years into this marriage I knew Christ," he said. "Before, I didn’t.”

He honored a commitment to his wife when they renewed their vows the first time, but said it also was a "very big step to marry within His eyes and actually understand” what the marital vows meant.

“In our world, there's no talk about separation or anything like that," Marlow said.

They intended to renew their vows again on their 20th anniversary, but COVID hit. Instead, they renewed at their 22nd anniversary.

“Isn’t it amazing when you find that one? I can’t think of life without her,” Marlow said.

A passion driven by faith

Marlow said he is directed by God and loves his family in all he does.

“My passion ― people ― comes from my faith, my wife and my kids,” he said.

Love is written all over his face as he reflects on what he’s been blessed with. His wife has taught him how to truly love, he said.

"She shows me unconditional love and trusts in me to be the man that I am to lead the house," Marlow said.

Mankind is prone to fall short, and Marlow said he recognizes his vulnerabilities.

“I lean on His word as much as I can,” he said. “Even though I know I’m going to mess up, it’s OK, because me and Him have that type of relationship.”

Professional life at Charter Next Generation

Charter Next Generation is employee owned. Each employee has a stake in the company’s growth. One of the first people new employees meet is Marlow.

“It’s a blessing because they allow me to be a part of everybody’s success,” he said. “I’m the hype man. I make sure everybody’s got a smile on their face and enjoys working there.”

As a CNG employee for 13½ years, Marlow remains devout.

“I love on people because when I was unlovable, He still loved me,” he said. “I never even thought there was a God. Life gets hard, but God is always there. He’s fair. He’s understanding and all he wants is a relationship.”

Marlow testifies to His goodness.

“Just trust in Him. Even at the darkest times or even at the way the world is now, just trust. He is always there. He will always get you through. It’s truly, truly a gift ― the love that he gives us even when we’re unlovable.”

Meet Your Neighbor is a weekly series profiling people in Richland County and surrounding areas. Correspondent Joe Di Lullo can be reached at muckrack.com/dilulloj or [email protected] .

Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City

An Indian national extradited to the United States has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York

NEW YORK — An Indian national extradited to the United States pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York.

Nikhil Gupta, 52, was extradited to the U.S. on Friday from the Czech Republic following his arrest in Prague a year ago.

He made an initial appearance on Monday in Manhattan federal court, where his attorney, Jeff Chabrowe, entered the not guilty plea on his behalf. The lawyer told a U.S. magistrate judge that his client might seek bail at a future court date. Gupta is scheduled to appear before a district judge on June 28.

In November, U.S. prosecutors announced that a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, had been thwarted in June of last year after a sting operation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Pannun advocates for the creation of a sovereign Sikh state and is considered a terrorist by the Indian government.

According to an indictment, Gupta was recruited in May by an unidentified Indian government employee to orchestrate the assassination. Gupta has denied any involvement.

The indictment said Gupta contacted a criminal associate to help find a hit man to carry out the killing, but that person happened to be a DEA informant. The informant then introduced Gupta to a purported hit man, who was actually a DEA agent, it said.

In a statement that he read outside the courtroom, Chabrowe called the case a “complex matter for both our countries.”

He added: “It is extremely important that we refrain from rushing to conclusions so early in the process. Background and details will develop that may cast government allegations into an entirely new light. We will pursue his defense vigorously and ensure he receives full due process regardless of outside pressures.”

Gupta’s Czech attorney, Petr Slepička, previously told The Associated Press that he believed that the charges arose from “a political case.”

The charges were the second major recent accusation of complicity of Indian government officials in attempts to kill Sikh separatist figures living in North America.

In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegations that the Indian government had links to the assassination in that country of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar . India rejected the accusation as absurd.